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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11506
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14624
13 Actual Demand 11223
14 Aggregate Planning 12249
15 Air Cargo 10093
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6668
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34886
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15345
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19315
20 Assembly Line 22466
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22993
22 Average Speed of Answer 26575
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23160
24 Batch Production 38416
25 Bill Discounting 14550
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11243
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7164
28 Blanket Release 10036
29 Bonded Warehouse 10079
30 Booking Number 13809
31 Bottleneck 9538
32 Buffer Stock 59310
33 Build to Stock 13034
34 Bullwhip Effect 9690
35 Business Logistics 25765
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12584
37 Capacity Management 40585
38 Capacity Utilization 14126
39 Capital Intensive 8428
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8760
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12149
42 Certified Supplier 8976
43 Channel Effectiveness 8944
44 Co-Destiny 9315
45 Co-managed Inventory 12576
46 Co-Packers 11793
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6894
48 Computer-Based Training 7702
49 Consular Invoice 19815
50 Container Depot 10623
51 Container Freight Station 10288
52 Continuous Replenishment 19581
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12094
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11432
56 Control Charts 7975
57 Cost Flow 10287
58 Courier Service 15259
59 CPFR 8238
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11817
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44197
62 Date Code 18257
63 Days of Supply 19855
64 Dead on Arrival 9341
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7322
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8125
67 Detective Control 8923
68 Devanning 14224
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10979
70 Dispatching 24545
71 Distributed Inventory 8369
72 Distribution Channel Management 34784
73 Distribution Metrics 9133
74 Distribution Planning 24217
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15236
76 Double Marginalization 52774
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22399
78 Dual 5452
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20628
80 Echelon Inventory 26229
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38292
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49779
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7629
84 Efficient Frontier 25510
85 Engineer-to-Order 31776
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16548
87 Erlang B Formula 9360
88 ETD 8344
89 Ex Works 7847
90 Exception Rate 13509
91 Exponential smoothing 9841
92 External Growth 10090
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9531
94 Field Services 7751
95 Field Warehouse 10524
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8784
97 Fishbone Diagram 14625
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27063
99 Flow Through Distribution 12327
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8193
101 FOB Destination 13050
102 Forward buying 30189
103 Freight Charge 10423
104 Freight Consolidation 7541
105 Gantt Chart 8300
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11747
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29610
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12700
109 Hub 23454
110 Idle Time 8082
 
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